gryper Posted August 22, 2022 Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) I recently put DCS onto an external hard drive using the Steam/settings/download menu. I now have two folders that appear nearly identical: One is in the C:/users/<me>/Saved Games/DCS folder. The other is in This PC/My Book (D:)/DCS. Both have the nearly the same folders. I've got campaigns and missions in each one of these. Do I need to combine this or is DCS confused as to where the missions/campaigns are? And if I download missions from the DCS User website, where do I put campaigns and missions now? Which folder? What a mess. Thanks. Edited August 22, 2022 by gryper
MAXsenna Posted August 22, 2022 Posted August 22, 2022 Are you sure that's what you did? Because it seems you have two sets of some of the Saved Games folders. Through Steam, did you make a new "Steam Library", (or what it's called), repo and then through Steam move DCS core folders too it? Because I don't see the actual game folders. What type of external drive is it? Spindle or solid state? I ask because of it is spindle you will have less performance.
ED Team Lord Vader Posted August 31, 2022 ED Team Posted August 31, 2022 Hello @gryper There is no issue here. What what you think is two sets of the same files, is actually not the case and it is actually intended. You are looking at is one folder stored in the Saved Games folder with user data (config files, scripts, mods, etc) and the other is DCS root folder where DCS itself is installed. This is normal behaviour and not a bug Also, it's not really recommended to run DCS from an external HDD for the sake of loading times. It does work, but... Esquadra 701 - DCS Portugal - Discord
Rudel_chw Posted August 31, 2022 Posted August 31, 2022 31 minutes ago, 701 - Vader said: You are looking at is one folder stored in the Saved Games folder with user data (config files, scripts, mods, etc) and the other is DCS root folder where DCS itself is installed. Hi, It doesnt seem to be the case, rather the files at the external D drive look like an old backup of /saved games/DCS/ 1 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
MAXsenna Posted August 31, 2022 Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, 701 - Vader said: Hello @gryper There is no issue here. What what you think is two sets of the same files, is actually not the case and it is actually intended. You are looking at is one folder stored in the Saved Games folder with user data (config files, scripts, mods, etc) and the other is DCS root folder where DCS itself is installed. This is normal behaviour and not a bug Also, it's not really recommended to run DCS from an external HDD for the sake of loading times. It does work, but... I disagree. I agree with Rudel. Too many folders are missing from the "D" drive to be core installation, and there are "Saved Games" folders there for sure.
ED Team Lord Vader Posted September 1, 2022 ED Team Posted September 1, 2022 On the first image, I wasn't able to see the entire folder contents. I assumed that was his installation directory he had chosen. And then he just copied the contents from Saved Games into it (for some reason). If that's the case, the best course of action is to save the config folder (so that keybinds aren't lost), uninstall DCS, delete all folders, reinstall DCS and replace the config folder back in Saved Games. Thanks for the heads-up @Rudel_chwand @MAXsenna 2 Esquadra 701 - DCS Portugal - Discord
Rudel_chw Posted September 1, 2022 Posted September 1, 2022 Pity that the original poster hasn’t returned to the thread … it seems to me that he is likely a Steam DCS user (judging from the saved ganes folder nane: DCS rather than DCS World) and that’s why he couldn’t really find the program location. 1 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
MAXsenna Posted September 1, 2022 Posted September 1, 2022 15 minutes ago, 701 - Vader said: On the first image, I wasn't able to see the entire folder contents. I assumed that was his installation directory he had chosen. And then he just copied the contents from Saved Games into it (for some reason). If that's the case, the best course of action is to save the config folder (so that keybinds aren't lost), uninstall DCS, delete all folders, reinstall DCS and replace the config folder back in Saved Games. Thanks for the heads-up @Rudel_chwand @MAXsenna I agree. No need to re-install though. Just rename the folders/move them and start DCS and see where they are created. And as @Rudel_chw points out. OP hasn't returned, so maybe it was solved.
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